Fisheries landings from inland waters have experienced a more than fourfold increase, roughly 3% annually, since data were first compiled in 1950 (figure 1).
China accounts for about one-quarter of the world’s inland catch. Other countries with significant inland catches are India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Egypt, Tanzania,Myanmar, Uganda, and Thailand—all developing or transitional economies where inland fish harvests have rapidly in-
creased over the last 10 to 15 years.